Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fact or state of being solitary, or alone, or without mate, partner, or companion, or of dwelling apart from others or by one's self; habitual retirement; solitude.
- noun The state or character of being retired or unfrequented; solitude; seclusion: as, the solitariness of a wood.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Condition of being solitary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or quality of being
solitary .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being alone in solitary isolation
- noun a disposition toward being alone
Etymologies
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Examples
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I may not deny but that there is some profitable meditation, contemplation, and kind of solitariness to be embraced, which the fathers so highly commended, [1562] Hierom, Chrysostom, Cyprian,
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"L'Allegro"; [13] if he had said "solitariness," it would have been correct.
Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various
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He should have gained the state of solitariness which is a condition of life quite unlike any other.
Essays Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell 1884
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He should have gained the state of solitariness which is a condition of life quite unlike any other.
The Spirit of Place and Other Essays Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell 1884
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There is indeed a solitariness which is the condition of an individual soul's being, which no association with others can do away; but there is no reason why we should add to that burden of personality which the
The Recreations of a Country Parson Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd 1862
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There was a grandeur in everything around, which gave almost a solemnity to the scene: a silence and solitariness which affected everything!
Richard Henry Dana 2010
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It was the beginning of a new and distinct social movement among the early Christians (a society which hitherto had been spreading in urban sites) and came to be known from this preference for solitariness (Greek: monachismos) as "monasticism."
Norris J. Chumley, Ph.D.: The Compelling Spiritual Discipline Of Asceticism Ph.D. Norris J. Chumley 2011
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It was the beginning of a new and distinct social movement among the early Christians (a society which hitherto had been spreading in urban sites) and came to be known from this preference for solitariness (Greek: monachismos) as "monasticism."
Norris J. Chumley, Ph.D.: The Compelling Spiritual Discipline Of Asceticism Ph.D. Norris J. Chumley 2011
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Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the solitariness that reading can bring into a relationship, and wondering if perhaps it might be rewritten into a different story with a sweeter ending.
We're Not on the Same Page, but That's OK Katherine Rosman 2012
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Although Enos immediately fell in love with her character, the show's dark themes and Linden's solitariness — despite a loving fiancé Callum Keith Rennie and a teenage son — have sometimes been tough.
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